Nominate your top 15 best ever test opening batsmen - another in my countdown series

[Coronis]

If you saw Greenidge bat, he would be high on your list.

1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Gavaskar
4. Richards
5. Sutcliffe
6. Greenidge
7. Gooch
8. Sehwag
9. Smith
10. Hayden
11. Boycott
12. Haynes
13. Trumper
14. Simpson
15. Atherton (personal fave)

Mhm not seeing someone bat personally usually counts against them for me.

 

[bagapath]

In order...

Hobbs
Hutton
Gavaskar
Grace
Sutcliffe
Trumper
Greenidge
Hayden
Sehwag
Gooch
Simpson
Boycott
Lawry
G Smith
Hanif

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

In no order

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
WG Grace
Herbert Sutcliffe
Barry Richards
Sunil Gavaskar
Bob Simpson
Geoffrey Boycott
Gordon Greenidge
Bill Lawry
Victor Trumper
Hanif Mohammad
Virender Sehwag
Matthew Hayden
Herbie Taylor

 

[kingkallis]

In this order:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Sunil Gavaskar
4. Herbert Sutcliffe
5. Graeme Smith
6. Barry Richards
7. Gordon Greenidge
8. Geoff Boycott
9. Victor Trumper
10. Bob Simpson
11. Virender Sehwag
12. Hanif Mohammad
13. Bruce Mitchell
14. Matthew Hayden
15. Gary Kirsten

 

[Red]

Hutton
Hobbs
Gavaskar
B.Richards
Greenidge
Simpson
Lawry
G.Smith
Boycott
Gooch
Morris
Sutcliffe
Haynes
Langer
Cook

Hutton
Hobbs
B.Richards
Gavaskar
Sutcliffe
Lawry
Greenidge
Boycott
Simpson
G.Smith
Gooch
Morris
Haynes
Langer
Cook

I've just revised this into the order I rate them.

 

[mr_mister]

voting has now ceased.

 

[mr_mister]

will count and hopefully start the thread later today